Re: FTM2012 Corrupting Data Today Worse than when Problems Reported 13 Months...
Thank you for your comments.I don't subscribe to the point of view that punishing a company for the actions -- or, in this case, the lack of results -- of a small group of people is a productive...
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Corrupting Data Today Worse than when Problems Reported 13 Months...
I do most of my work on Ancestry. Some tasks, like merging duplicate individuals, resolving place names, etc is done in FTM2012. It is probably a 95/5 split in my particular case.Regards,
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Corrupting Data Today Worse than when Problems Reported 13 Months...
Rick,Thanks.I just sync-ed and then examined about a dozen profiles, all of which had abt or bef dates - I do not yet see any problems.Have you compacted your file since your last sync? The last time I...
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Corrupting Data Today Worse than when Problems Reported 13 Months...
Compact? You're kidding, right?I've compacted a hundred times since the problems first appeared and have spent countless hours with 2nd level tech support on this, and don't want to find myself having...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to mark a branch in the tree as a dead end?
Dumb question what do you mean "Died out" To me there are basically two ways a family can died out. One is there is no children who reproduced, hence no grandchildren, no succeeding generations.The...
View ArticleRe: Notes for Online tree
I am aware of the Between dates. I try to reserve that for those dates that have definite boundaries. ie. the woman appears in the 1860 census and the second wife's first son is born in 1866. Therefore...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to mark a branch in the tree as a dead end?
KeithNo question is “dumb”.If a person does not marry that line “dies out”.If a person marries but has no children that line “dies out”.If a couple have children but none of them have children that...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to mark a branch in the tree as a dead end?
My husband's line has died out. None of his children will ever have children and there will never be offspring from his sibs.
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to mark a branch in the tree as a dead end?
Just because some do NOT marry, does NOT mean that there is no offspring. I have run into several so died out lines that in fact there are offspring.I think that when more people are involved with the...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 BOOK CRASHES
Yes Russ, I have attempted to contact them several times and all I get is a run around. Face it. They have no intention of spending the time to fix this problem. In the previous reply to my update, it...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 BOOK CRASHES
swtnssss,Have you compacted your file?What, specific, action were you doing when FTM2012 crashed. I have not had issues with FTM2012 and the Book feature. But, I will try to duplicate what you are...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 on Network
John, thanks for the suggestion of "remote desktop." That's my "work-around" for now, and you're right -- it's very responsive on the home network.
View ArticleTracking adoptions
I am using FTM 2012.My Grandmother was Adopted by a couple. I have attached the couple as the Adoptive parents, but I notice that in FTM the adoptive mother is noted as "Great grandmother of [me]"....
View ArticleRe: WinXP vs Win7
David; Thanks very much, I will give that a try. I appreciate your help with this!Paul
View ArticleMedia sync
I just noticed that I was missing some of the census images for a family on FTM2012. I sync regularly (almost every day) with Ancestry. I thought maybe I had collected those records before I switched...
View ArticleRe: 2010 compatability w/ Windows 8
Russ,I installed my FTM 2010 in my new desktop computer using the disc that I received for FTM 2010. My old computer had Windows XP. My new computer has Windows 8. I had no problems installing it or...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 BOOK CRASHES
Sorry Russ. I am done. I have done all of this with you last September and not doing it again. All the books crash when I try to even create one, most of the reports do the same. I have gone through...
View ArticleRe: Tracking adoptions
Thanks for the comprehensive response. At least I now know that i have not missed anything.Best regardsRichard
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Synchronization Frequently Take in Excess of Two Hours
You should consider yourself fortunate (Sorry, I'm being facetious) as I can't even upload my file to Ancestry. FWIW, I'll paste recent correspondence with Ancestry:Thanks for a response but I have to...
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Corrupting Data Today Worse than when Problems Reported 13 Months...
I saw your posts and as a fellow FTM and Ancestry.com user would like to thank you for all your efforts in helping to define and fix these bugs. I was very excited when I heard one would be able to...
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